Shakespeare

  • The Tempest @ Nottingham New Theatre

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    April 21, 2016 16:46
    The latest offering from Nottingham New Theatre is a thrilling evening of Shakespearean humour and magic. Director Chris Trueman’s rendition of the Shakespeare classic is fresh and very entertaining. The show starts with the cast emulating a rocking boat perfectly by swinging side to side, using the available resources...

  • 5 Ways To Celebrate Shakespeare

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    April 21, 2016 10:30
    From down-right funny theatre to shocking revelations about everyone’s favourite bard. This is how to brush up on your Shakespeare in Nottingham this summer. Watch The Complete Deaths of William Shakespeare @ The Nottingham Playhouse Did you know that in Shakespeare’s works there are whopping 74 onstage deaths? For...

  • Rare Shakespeare First Folio Discovered

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    April 19, 2016 22:58
    A copy of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, one of the most sought after books in the world, has been discovered in the library of a stately home on the Isle of Bute. The discovery comes ahead of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death on April 23rd,...

  • To A Friend Who Needs It

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    April 8, 2016 10:00
    Imagine if the weather was permanent. Permanently sunny. You’d tell me, what’s wrong with that? Sunny days are the best days. What if the permanent weather suddenly wasn’t permanent anymore? What if the clouds came? You’d tell me, what’s wrong with that? We need rain once in a while....

  • RSC Announce Their Season

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    September 10, 2015 09:05
    To coincide with and celebrate the 400 year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the RSC have just announced their 2016 spring/summer season. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is set to feature a mixture of the works of the Bard himself, while the Swan Theatre runs a season exploring his contemporaries, creating...

  • 5 Favorites from #LiteraryCakes

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    August 6, 2015 18:59
    With the new series of The Great British Bake Off starting this week, fans have taken to Twitter en-masse to celebrate. Amidst the tweeting frenzy of Mary Berry fans all over the UK, @RSLiterature (Royal Society of Literature), in a stroke of genius, managed to combine the love of...

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Lakeside Arts Centre

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    May 1, 2015 15:47
    Magical, mischievous and modern. The much anticipated third collaboration between Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ and The Nottingham New Theatre certainly did not disappoint. Taking on one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and trying not to fall back on tired old clichés is a serious challenge for...